Fultah Fisher's Boarding House

Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
The full film. Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
Directed by	Frank Capra
Written by	Frank Capra Walter Montague
Based on	"The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House" by Rudyard Kipling
Produced by	Walter Montague
Starring	Mildred Owens Ethan Allen Olaf Skavlan
Edited by	Frank Capra
Production company	Fireside Productions
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02) (USA)
Running time	12 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English intertitles
Budget	$1,700

Fultah Fisher's Boarding House is a 1922 American silent film short and the first film directed by Frank Capra. Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the film is about a prostitute living at a boarding house who provokes a fight that leads to the death of a sailor.

Plot

Fultah Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A local girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, and is currently linked to Salem Hardieker, a tough Bostonian. When Anne is drawn to a new potential lover, Hans, he rejects her, knowing she's Salem's girl.

Cast

• Mildred Owens as Anne of Austria
• Ethan Allen as Salem Hardieker
• Olaf Skavlan as Hans the Dane

Production

Frank Capra, on his first attempt at making a film, managed to write, cast, direct and edit the film all on his own. The film was shot in San Francisco.

References

Sources

• Capra, Frank (1971). Frank Capra, The Name Above the Title. New York: The Macmillan Company. ISBN 978-1-199-35367-2.
• Scherle, Victor; Levy, William Turner (1977). The Films of Frank Capra. Secaucus: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0-806-50430-8.

External links

• Fultah Fisher's Boarding House at IMDb
• Fultah Fisher's Boarding House at the TCM Movie Database
• The short film Fultah Fisher's Boarding House is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.